BRIGHT COLORS—CORAL FOR THE OFFICE, A MOODY

blue for the bedroom—light up the dynamic and
spirited second floor, which hosts hyperrealist and
pop pieces. Takis sculptures coexist with Boltanski
paintings and even Goyard trunks. The office is
furnished with a circa-1950 Jean Prouvé desk and an
acrylic armchair by Ron Arad. A 2008 sculpture by
Gabriel Orozco, a 2009 photograph by Ji Yeon Sung
and collages by Carlos Amorales are among the
many artworks. Ausset constrasts this vibrant space
with the quiet blue-gray hues of the bookcase and
the adjacent bedroom.

Throughout Ausset employed zenithal lighting,
which suffuses each space with a particular, almost
museum-like atmosphere. “We have light here that
could have been created by the artist James Turrell,”
he says. “The light is almost unreal, magical.” Such
rarefied touches give these venerable spaces, loaded
with history, new energy and new life. Indeed, in this
remarkable town house, Fabrice Ausset has provided
the elegance, the surprise and emotion some would
call magic n Fabric Ausset, Zoevox, zoevox.com